We Learned The Sea Chords by Dar Williams

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I am a captain [Gm] and I have been told [Eb] that [Ab] tomorrow we land [Eb] and my ship has been sold.
Now losing this boat is worth scarce a mention.
[Ab] I [Eb] think of the crew, most of all the first and sin. _
[Ab] For all [Eb] we _ learn _ the [Gm] same.
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_ Guiding a ship, [Bb] it takes more than your skill.
[Ab] It's the compass _ [Eb] inside, it's the strength of your will. _
[Ab] First dance and watched [Eb]
as tempest all tried me.
[Ab] I [Eb] sang in the wind as if God were beside me.
[Ab] For _ all [Eb]
we _ learn _ the same. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ You take the wheel _ one [Ab] more time like [Eb] I showed you. _
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ We've reached the straight [Gm] once even [Ab] _ _ I could [Eb] not go through.
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_ I am a captain [Bb] and I have been told.
[Ab] But I am not shaken, [Eb] I am [Cm] eight years old.
[Ab] And you are still young [Eb] but you understand.
That [Ab] the stars of the [Eb] sea are the same for the land and [Ab] we came _ _
[Eb] to _ _ learn [Cm] the same. _ _ _
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